Improvement in reclining-chairs



R. & W. McCABE. RECLININ'G-CHAIR. N0. 1s0,435. Patent.ed Aug.1,1876.

WITN ESS ES I 1\TITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT MCOABE AND WILLIAMMCGABE, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVENIENT IN RECLINING-CHAIRS.

Specifieation forming art of Letters Patent N0. 180,435, dafied Augustl, 1876 application filed March 14, 1876.

T0 all whomw't may concern Be il; known t-hat wo, ROBERT MGUABE andWILLIAM MCCABE, of the ci'oy of Meadville, State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and Improved Adjustable Ohair, which said invention isfully Set forth in the follow ing speoification, reference being had sothe accompanyiug drawings.

Figures 1 and 2 representside views of our ohair.

1 A is the back attached to the seat by a pin or sorew-bolt, 4, so as toform 2b movable joint; D, the arm with a similar joint als 1 on theback, and ab 2 011 the support of the arm E, which is also attached tooho seat by a holt or pin-joint ab 3. N is a ratchet-bar hung on the arml), und Ehe end passes through a st-aple, M, whieh aots like a pawl, thentches 0f the rachet-bar N catohing on one end of the staple M.

A modifieation of cbis device is shown by Fig. 1 of the drawings, inwhioh R represents a pawl pivoted to oho arm D, the point of whioh'engages with one o1 other of the teeth 0f a ratchet-plate, S, secured tothe chair-seat. J.his device I have found 130 operato very weil bul; Iprefer to use tl1'e hanging ratcheb-bar N und staple M.

Fig, 1 shows the foot-board F folded up under the seat', where it issecured by a spring, 1:. The spring has a pin or sorew at p, which assesthrough the side of the fran1e of the seaiv, and catches in thefoot-board F. Only the head of this pin p is shown in the drawings. Fig.2 represents this foot-board extended. The foot-board is construeted oftwo parts or sections, G 311d F, connected together by hinges, and whendrawn 01111 and extended, is kept in phwe by a brace, H, hinged on theseetion G by a pin 7, and when the foot-board is extended, the end ofthe brace is placed agninst: the rang ot' the ohair ab W. There is agroove in the edge of F, Whioh slid es on a way or cleat; 011 the insideof the frame of the ehair seat, and when this foot-board is folded backit is kept in its 1)]?L06 by the spring P and pin p, as beforedescribed.

When a person is seated in the chair, if he inclines bis body forward,it releases the ratohecs N, and then he can, by a simple movemont eitherbaokward or forward, pince' ehe back of tlxe chair either in a reoliningpoSi tion 01 a more uprightone, anti the ratchets Will hold it securelyin the desired position, and itcan be thus adjusted by the oooupant ofthe chair.

What we e1aim as our invention is as foliows 1. A chair having thesliding foot-board F G, am]. supporlsing-bnr H, arranged t;0 operate incombination with the rang 0r rail W, ns und for the purpose setfort/11..

2. The combination of the pivoted back A, arm D, and ratchet-bar N,.with the sliding foot-board F G, and supporting-bar H, all arranged toform a re'clining-chair, in the manngr speeified.

ROBT. MCOABE. WM. MGOABE.

Witnesses:

A. B. RIGHMOND, CHAS. STRATTON.

